Rep. King: The U.S. Has "Already Ceded" Rep. Grijalva's District To Mexico

April 28, 2010 10:15 am ET —
Matt Finkelstein

Last week, Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) called for a boycott
of Arizona
over the state's draconian, possibly unconstitutional
immigration law. "Do not do business with a state that is propagating the idea
separate but equal treatment under the law can be codified," he said.

Unlike Grijalva, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is a big fan of Arizona's
crackdown. After praising the effort in
a statement
earlier this week, King blasted Grijalva's position last night. During an
interview on Fox News, King absurdly suggested that Grijalva's district has
been "ceded" and accused the Arizona lawmaker
of "advocating for Mexico"
and against the United
States.

LAURA INGRAHAM: This boycott is intended to
do, what? I would imagine to intimidate people from supporting this law which,
as far as I can tell, is wildly popular, but to intimidate because they're
using dollars. Is there anything wrong with that?

REP. STEVE KING: Well, it looks like the
case is that, that he's trying to scare the businesses out of Arizona, or he's trying to get the
businesses to change their position and press the legislature to reverse the
law that was just signed by the governor the other day. I'm
wondering if we look at the map of Congressman Grijalva's congressional
district if we haven't already ceded that component of Arizona to Mexico
judging by the voice that comes out of him, he's advocating for Mexico rather
than the United States and against the rule of law, which is one of the central pillars of American exceptionalism.